Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, David. Your photo looks pretty close. I think it's time to retire my 1966 book and get a better one. It's a very pretty little bird when viewed this close. Most of the time I photograph a bird and not know until I view it on the screen what it is. Especially true of the little birds shot from some 50 feet away. Thanks for looking and your experience. Len On Mar 31, 2007, at 6:29 PM, David Young wrote: > At 31/03/2007, you wrote: >> I have been trying to identify this bird with no success. She is from >> the Finch family but doesn't look like a bird in my field guide. The >> closest I can find is a White-Collared Seedeater. But that bird is >> generally not found in the North East. Anybody have an idea. >> Unfortunately she wouldn't show all of her face for me, but this is >> the best shot I could get. >> >> Leica 560mm f6.8 Telyt and canon 20D. >> >> http://tinyurl.com/ys6ljp >> >> Thanks, >> Len > > > Hi Len! > > It looks like the common sparrow, to me. The English or Common > House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) was imported to North America in > 1850. From a beginning of eight pairs released in New York, has > spread from coast to coast in both USA and Canada. > > See: http://www.telyt.50megs.com/nab_Eng_Sparrow.htm and see if it > matches what you saw. > > Hope this helps! > > Cheers! > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information